Minutes, IBIS Quality Task Group

14 December 2021

12:00-13:00 EST (09:00-10:00 PST)

ROLL CALL

ANSYS                               Curtis Clark
Intel Technology                    Michael Mirmak
Micron Technology                 * Randy Wolff
Siemens EDA                         Weston Beal
Signal Integrity Software:        * Mike LaBonte
Teraspeed Labs:                   * Bob Ross
Zuken USA:                        * Lance Wang

Everyone in attendance marked by *

NOTE: "AR" = Action Required.

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Mike LaBonte conducted the meeting.

Call for IBIS related patent disclosures:

- None


Call for opens:

- Mike LaBonte asked to discuss the end-of-year meeting schedule.
  We decided to meet next week, but not after that until Jan 11.


Review of previous meeting minutes:
Minutes from the December 7, 2021 meeting were reviewed.  Randy Wolff moved to accept the
minutes.  Bob Ross seconded the motion.  Without objection, the minutes were approved.


ARs:
- AR: Mike LaBonte to document TSCHK2 Windows PowerShell problem
  Not done yet
- AR: Bob Ross to upload prior IBISCHK source code distributions
  Not done yet.


NEW ITEMS:

IBISCHK710 development:
Bob Ross said we were still waiting for a code drop.  Randy Wolff asked what platforms we
would release.  Mike LaBonte said we would have Ubuntu and Windows right away.  Bob said
we could release what we had, and add others later.  Randy asked if a new web page would
be created.  Mike said we would use the existing ibischk7 page. The 7.0.2 parser page
contents would be moved to an "old_702" page linked at the bottom.  Randy said the sidebar
menus for the IBIS 7.0 and IBIS 7.1 WIP pages linked to ibischk6, not ibischk7.  Mike said
those were all copied from previous templates. A PHP page server would be more consistent.
Randy would ask the webmaster to fix that.

AR: Randy Wolff to ask webmaster to fix IBISCHK page links

Randy showed the ibischk7 page.  He noted the 2020 copyright date.  Mike said that should
change only if the text changes.  Randy pointed out all the places on the page that would
need to change.  Mike said he would make the changes.

AR: Mike LaBonte to prepare staged IBISCHK7 web page updates


New parser bug reports:
Bob Ross asked if the new bug report from Michael Mirmak should be posted as a new bug
report.  We agreed to post it.  Bob said it was not clear if an IBIS change was needed to
establish the root name requirement.  Mike said a change proposed by Walter Katz was
needed.  It clarified that "the parameter tree" root name that the DLL should expect was
"in the AMI file".  Bob said that would not be addressed in the current release.  Mike
said the potential BIRD would be discussed in ATM meetings.  Bob asked if the new check
would be retroactive to earlier IBIS versions.  Mike suggested discussing that when the
bug was introduced in a Open Forum meeting.

AR: Bob Ross to post new bug from Michael Mirmak


IBIS quality checklist:
Mike suggested deferring work on this until we had more bandwidth.  Bob Ross said the IBIS
Quality specification was written for IBIS 4.2.  Mike suggested IBISCHK could be enhanced
to produce a checklist file with some checks filled in automatically.


Tabled topics (no discussion without motion):
  - BIRD181.2
  - IBISCHK security fixes


Randy Wolff moved moved to adjourn. Lance Wang seconded. Without objection the meeting ended.

Meeting ended: 12:53 ET

Next meeting December 21, 2021